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heritability of eye pigmentation in herefords
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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 294365" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Although SA is a hot country we don't have the same fly problems you guys have because the same dip that controls the ticks also control the flys and in summer we need to dip every 3 to 4 weeks. I live in a harsh redwater and anaplasmosis area and therefore tick management is about your most important task.</p><p></p><p>From my experience eyelashes pointing down and a prominent eyebank plays a much bigger role in preventing pink eye problems than eye pigment. Dusty windy conditions as well as grass seeds that causes the eye to water attracks gnats and flys which will spread pink eye, therefore the more protected and hooded the eye the less chance for irritation and the less chance for runny eyes and the fewer the pink eye problems.</p><p></p><p>I've spoken to 2 breeders that breed both hereford and angus and funnily enough the one had more eye problems on red angus than his herefords and the other had more on his black angus. But eye set and head shape does get a lot of attention in the hereford breed over here.</p><p></p><p>I must say I am surprized that no other hereford breeders have responded as eye problems is what possibly had cost the breed more than anything else in the form of loss of marketshare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 294365, member: 4353"] Although SA is a hot country we don't have the same fly problems you guys have because the same dip that controls the ticks also control the flys and in summer we need to dip every 3 to 4 weeks. I live in a harsh redwater and anaplasmosis area and therefore tick management is about your most important task. From my experience eyelashes pointing down and a prominent eyebank plays a much bigger role in preventing pink eye problems than eye pigment. Dusty windy conditions as well as grass seeds that causes the eye to water attracks gnats and flys which will spread pink eye, therefore the more protected and hooded the eye the less chance for irritation and the less chance for runny eyes and the fewer the pink eye problems. I've spoken to 2 breeders that breed both hereford and angus and funnily enough the one had more eye problems on red angus than his herefords and the other had more on his black angus. But eye set and head shape does get a lot of attention in the hereford breed over here. I must say I am surprized that no other hereford breeders have responded as eye problems is what possibly had cost the breed more than anything else in the form of loss of marketshare. [/QUOTE]
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